Centre to fast-track clearances for Navi Mumbai airport

Mumbai: The Centre today assured Maharashtra government that it would expedite sanctioning of clearances for the proposed Navi Mumbai airport near the country's
financial capital.

The assurance came at a meeting between Aviation Minister Ajit Singh and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in Delhi.

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The Union Cabinet had granted in-principle approval for a second international airport for Mumbai in May 2007. It is one of the `priority projects', being monitored directly by the
Prime Minister's Office.

The Minister also told Chavan that Centre was aware of the progress made by the state regarding environmental clearances, shifting of power transmission lines, rehabilitation and resettlement, connectivity, land development schemes, apart from the land acquisition.